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ague
[ ey-gyoo ]
noun
- Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- a fit of fever or shivering or shaking chills, accompanied by malaise, pains in the bones and joints, etc.; chill.
ague
/ ˈ±ðɪɡÂá³ÜË /
noun
- a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria
- a fit of shivering
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Derived Forms
- ˈ²¹²µ³Ü¾±²õ³ó, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹î€ƒg³Ü±ð·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ague1
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, short for fievre ague acute fever < Latin febris acūta
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ague1
C14: from Old French ( fievre ) ague acute fever; see acute
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Added to that, they ague their aircraft are quiet and emissions-free.
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Though the state agues it’s OK under the Treasury’s flexible rules, the lawsuit contends it’s a “a gross and illegal misuse†of pandemic relief funds.
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The next major Northwest epidemic to appear was “fever and ague,†recurring each summer during the 1830s in “interior valleys†west of the Cascades, from the Cowlitz to the Rogue rivers.
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“I think you have got the ague,†said I.
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It frightened and amazed me somewhat; and as for Arthur, he fell a-trembling, and finally was shaken with doubt as with an ague.
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